EP1165243A4 - Ultra high pressure liquid jet nozzle - Google Patents

Ultra high pressure liquid jet nozzle

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Publication number
EP1165243A4
EP1165243A4 EP00904713A EP00904713A EP1165243A4 EP 1165243 A4 EP1165243 A4 EP 1165243A4 EP 00904713 A EP00904713 A EP 00904713A EP 00904713 A EP00904713 A EP 00904713A EP 1165243 A4 EP1165243 A4 EP 1165243A4
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Prior art keywords
nozzle
high pressure
pressure liquid
liquid jet
ultra high
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1165243A1 (en
EP1165243B1 (en
Inventor
Kazimiez Kacperek
Eitan Friedman
Danek Liwszyc
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JET-NET INTERNATIONAL PTY Ltd
JET NET INTERNAT Pty Ltd
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JET-NET INTERNATIONAL PTY Ltd
JET NET INTERNAT Pty Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B17/00—Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics
    • B29B17/02—Separating plastics from other materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/02—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape
    • B05B1/04—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape in flat form, e.g. fan-like, sheet-like
    • B05B1/042—Outlets having two planes of symmetry perpendicular to each other, one of them defining the plane of the jet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B17/00—Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics
    • B29B17/04—Disintegrating plastics, e.g. by milling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B17/00—Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics
    • B29B17/04—Disintegrating plastics, e.g. by milling
    • B29B2017/0424—Specific disintegrating techniques; devices therefor
    • B29B2017/0428—Jets of high pressure fluid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B17/00—Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics
    • B29B17/04—Disintegrating plastics, e.g. by milling
    • B29B2017/0424—Specific disintegrating techniques; devices therefor
    • B29B2017/0428—Jets of high pressure fluid
    • B29B2017/0432—Abrasive blasting, i.e. the jets being charged with abrasives
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2021/00—Use of unspecified rubbers as moulding material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2705/00—Use of metals, their alloys or their compounds, for preformed parts, e.g. for inserts
    • B29K2705/08—Transition metals
    • B29K2705/12—Iron
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2030/00—Pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
    • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
    • Y02W30/62—Plastics recycling; Rubber recycling

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Nozzles (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Stabilization Of Oscillater, Synchronisation, Frequency Synthesizers (AREA)
  • Led Devices (AREA)
  • Amplifiers (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
  • Disintegrating Or Milling (AREA)

Abstract

A nozzle for delivering a high or ultra high pressure liquid jet, the nozzle including a nozzle body (3, 21, 30, 50, 70) having a delivery passage (5, 23, 31, 54, 73) of total length (HN) passing therethrough to a nozzle outlet opening (7, 25, 32, 77) at an end face of the nozzle body. The nozzle outlet opening is a slot shaped having a width (L), lateral thickness (T) and length (H) to deliver a relatively planar shaped high or ultra high pressure liquid jet therefrom. The upstream passage (31) of the nozzle body has a wedge shaped portion (34) that leads into the slot and nozzle outlet opening (32). The passage of the nozzle is designed such that (HN/T) is greater than or equal to two. The nozzle is used for cleaning purposes and for disintegrating material such as rubber, plastic and other polymers. In particular the nozzle is used for the reclamation of rubber from used vehicle tyres into a particulate form where the particles are less than 100 microns in size.
EP20000904713 1999-02-10 2000-02-10 Ultra high pressure liquid jet nozzle Expired - Lifetime EP1165243B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AUPP860999 1999-02-10
AUPP8609A AUPP860999A0 (en) 1999-02-10 1999-02-10 Ultra high pressure liquid jet nozzle
PCT/AU2000/000087 WO2000047330A1 (en) 1999-02-10 2000-02-10 Ultra high pressure liquid jet nozzle

Publications (3)

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EP1165243A1 EP1165243A1 (en) 2002-01-02
EP1165243A4 true EP1165243A4 (en) 2005-04-27
EP1165243B1 EP1165243B1 (en) 2008-08-06

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EP20000904713 Expired - Lifetime EP1165243B1 (en) 1999-02-10 2000-02-10 Ultra high pressure liquid jet nozzle

Country Status (6)

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EP (1) EP1165243B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4638047B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE403499T1 (en)
AU (4) AUPP860999A0 (en)
DE (1) DE60039755D1 (en)
WO (1) WO2000047330A1 (en)

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JP4587779B2 (en) * 2004-11-01 2010-11-24 株式会社いけうち One-fluid nozzle for stick flow injection
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DE4120613A1 (en) * 1991-06-20 1992-03-05 Suesse Harald High pressure water jet for cleaning rock or other materials - has composite nozzle with centre cone and mixing chamber supplied with air and water
FR2712826A1 (en) * 1993-11-26 1995-06-02 Ind Centre Surface treatment nozzle, and surface treatment method using such a nozzle.
US5626508A (en) * 1995-04-20 1997-05-06 Aqua-Dyne, Inc. Focusing nozzle
US5833148A (en) * 1995-11-04 1998-11-10 Spraying Systems Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg High-pressure jet nozzle
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AU2009202934A1 (en) 2009-08-06
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JP2002536170A (en) 2002-10-29
AUPP860999A0 (en) 1999-03-04
AU2009202934B2 (en) 2012-05-17
DE60039755D1 (en) 2008-09-18
AU2649600A (en) 2000-08-29
JP4638047B2 (en) 2011-02-23
ATE403499T1 (en) 2008-08-15
EP1165243B1 (en) 2008-08-06
AU2004229075A1 (en) 2004-12-09

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